Students for a Democratic Society Chapter Formed at Marshall University

Huntington Advertiser
November 4, 1968

SDS Chapter Being Formed at Marshall

By Dave Peyton

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), an organization of student activists, has formed a chapter on
Marshall University's campus according to an "underground press" newspaper distributed on the MU
campus today.

The story in "The Free Forum" says a group of MU students met Thursday to organize the chapter and
plans a second public meeting for Thursday at 2:30 p. m. in the Campus Christian Center.

Students for a Democratic Society has been a motivating force behind numerous campus
demonstrations across the country. The organization played an active role in disturbances at Columbia
University in New York and in other colleges, both large and small.

"Discussions at the meeting centered around priorities for the organization, and the exact role it will
seek to play in such areas as university reform, anti-Vietnam mobilization and military-industrial
recruitment on campus," the paper said.

A source close to the new organization indicated the group plans a protest demonstration against the
Central Intelligence Agency when CIA representatives come to MU's campus Nov. 14 for recruiting
purposes.